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“Tall Poppies, Cactus Flowers and a Girl Not Called Betty”



All the Flamingos were called Betty
on a crowded beach somewhere 

Well heeled stuck in the quick sands of time
heads held high

like

Tall poppies 
waving, long stemmed

they are 

tightly furled pale pink peonies 
and thorny cactus flowers

the softer velvet petalled man eating flowers 
silently watch on 

humming tunes 
wetting their long musk scented tongues

to catch buzzing bees 
and bragging blue bottled stinging horse flies

snapdragons wrapped up in faux violent
violet erroneous blue disguise

languidly caress memories 
where the deeper shade of lurid fuchsia 

open their moistened crowns
sweet honey traps 

dripping with potential
unfurl their arms 

seductively 
reaching out 

strung on legs that travel 
all the way up a nowhere road

consider stopping for a while 
shedding petalled layers

amusement winks 
silkily bending over in the breeze

the feline tiger lily 
looks aroused

while the glowing dandelion 
a will-o'-the-wisp, walks on water

across the green laureate laurels and
through the pristine poetry blooms 

blowing away 
the dark dreary clouds

to touch your shores 
where you sit smiling naked and salty

toes dangling for sharks 
off some shady pontoon

casting the fishing line 
into the ponderous light

dreaming 
of the long held dance 

somewhere untouched
under Blue Sky 

Summer's dreaming
reeling Winter back into Spring

Romancing

he rolls his eyes
she grins

(LadyLabyrinth / 2021) 



"Watermelon Sugar" / Harry Styles
https://youtu.be/7-x3uD5z1bQ






"Well I had a dream and in it I went to a little town
And all the girls in town were named Betty.
And they were singing: ..."









dance?










"Smoke Rings" / Laurie Anderson
https://youtu.be/Pdoj-w8xn1g

LYRICS / https://genius.com/Laurie-anderson-smoke-rings-lyrics







https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will-o%27-the-wisp
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